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Maharashtra Assembly Speaker tests COVID-19 positive 2 days before monsoon session

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: September 5, 2020 10:21 IST

Two days before the monsoon session of the state legislature, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole on Friday tested COVID-19 ...

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Two days before the monsoon session of the state legislature, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole on Friday tested COVID-19 positive.  two days before 

Nana Patole said that he had developed symptoms while touring his constituency in Vidarbha region to monitor the flood relief work.

"I got myself tested and the results were positive," Mr Patole tweeted. He asked those who came in his contact recently to get themselves tested.

NCP MLA Narhari Zhirwal, who is the Assembly Deputy Speaker, will chair the proceedings in Mr Patole's absence, a Vidhan Bhawan official said.

The session was postponed twice - it was originally scheduled from June 22 and was later shifted to the last week of August.

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